The proposal is for an apartment building with 37 luxury units to be built on the Shafston House grounds, right next to the 172-year-old state heritage-listed building.
abc.net.au/news/shafston-house-units-approve-queensland-government-council/101882448The Queensland government has paved the way for the construction of a 15-storey luxury apartment tower on the historic river-front grounds of heritage-listed Shafston House.
A spokesperson for the planning department said SARA was aware of "community concerns in relation to building height and heritage impacts". He said the "prime goal" is to protect the site's historic buildings by "spreading the onus of responsibility" for maintenance "across a broader group of people".
Retirees Paul and Lorraine Wish are devastated at the prospect of a 15-storey tower being built in front of them on the Shafston House estate."It's Brisbane's history that we're just tipping down the drain," he said."This is my home, this was my retirement and it's not there anymore, it's about to be changed and we can't afford to just keep upping and moving and moving all the time," she said.
"If you come up Thorn Street and look at Shafston House nestled there, trees behind it and suddenly that view's going to be truncated by a modern 15-storey building — I don't like that at all," he said.
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